Author in Chief: The Presidents as Writers from Washington to Trump
- ISBN-10
- 1476675708
- ISBN-13
- 9781476675701
- Series
- Author in Chief
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 246
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2019-04-15
- Publisher
- McFarland
- Author
- Michael B. Costanzo
Description
With the publication of his Personal Memoirs in 1885, Ulysses S. Grant established what is today known as the presidential memoir. Every U.S. president since Benjamin Harrison has written one and many have turned to other forms of writing, as well. This book covers the history of works—including autobiographies, diaries, political manifestos, speeches, fiction and poetry—authored by U.S. presidents and published prior to, during or after their terms. The writing was easy for some, harder for others, with varying success, from literary comebacks and bestsellers to false starts and failures.
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